Zach Williams brings Revival Nights to the Civic Center this Friday

The "Chain Breaker" singer headlines the Prairie Home Alliance Theater on Oct. 30 with Cochren & Co. and Christian Hohn.

Some Christian concerts feel like a Sunday service with better lighting. The tour Zach Williams is bringing to downtown Peoria this week is pitched as something else: louder, rougher around the edges, and built for a theater full of people who know every word to "Chain Breaker."

Zach Williams headlines the Prairie Home Alliance Theater at the Peoria Civic Center on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. The tour is called Revival Nights, and it brings Cochren & Co. along as direct support with singer-songwriter Christian Hohn opening, per the Civic Center's event page. The theater is at 201 SW Jefferson Ave. Tickets are through Ticketmaster and the Civic Center box office.

This isn't a last-minute booking. WMBD reported the Peoria stop back in April, with tickets going on sale April 24 through Ticketmaster and the Civic Center's Toyota Box Office. Six months later, the week is finally here.

The venue's own description sets expectations: the show is billed as gritty, a lot louder, and always real. That fits Williams. Before contemporary Christian radio, he fronted the rock band Zach Williams and the Reformation, and his solo records still carry that rasp. The event page singles out two songs from his set, "Chain Breaker" and "Rescue Story," the kind of big, testimony-driven choruses that tend to turn a seated theater into a standing one.

Cochren & Co. are a strong pairing. The Civic Center highlights "Church (Take Me Back)" and "Running Home" from their set, both songs that lean into the same roots-tinged, Southern-flavored sound Williams works in. Christian Hohn, opening, is the one newer name on the bill. Get there for the 7 o'clock start and you'll catch him.

The show is billed as gritty, a lot louder, and always real.

The Prairie Home Alliance Theater holds about 2,200, which makes it the right size for this kind of tour: big enough to feel like an event, small enough that the back rows still see faces. Peoria is one of several Midwest stops this fall; the run also hit Bloomington and Cincinnati last week and plays Green Bay and Duluth earlier this week before landing here.

What to know before you go: there's a limited number of Revival Nights VIP packages, which the venue says include premium seating, early access to the merch table and a meet-and-greet. Check Ticketmaster for what's left, and for face-value prices, buy through the venue or Ticketmaster rather than a resale site.

Friday, 7 p.m., Jefferson Avenue. Bring your loudest singing voice.

Sources: Zach Williams With Cochren & Co. And Christian Hohn: Revival Nights — Peoria Civic Center (theater.peoriaciviccenter.com); Zach Williams — Revival Nights, Oct 30, 2026, Peoria (Ticketmaster) (ticketmaster.com); Prairie Home Alliance Theater — Peoria Civic Center (theater.peoriaciviccenter.com); Zach Williams tour coming to Peoria in October (WMBD) (wmbdradio.com); Zach Williams (musician) - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)